October 2025 My dear friends, colleagues and supporters, Have you had a chance to wander around this new OIRF.com website? One doc told me about nights of deep dives until 2 AM finding treasures while others have commented on the ease of moving around and finding the things you remembered or were looking for. I’m thrilled with the response and it’s rewarding to know the years of effort and struggle to complete the uploads and formatting have offered you easy accessibility to the decades of publications and materials. Thank [...]

Stabilizing the Nervous System Holistic Therapy of Polyneuropathy Polyneuropathy is the presence of a systemic disease in which damage to the peripheral nervous system occurs. As a result, the function of the affected nerves is disturbed. Since several nerves or nerve structures are affected, this is called polyneuropathy (Greek poly = several). The prevalence of polyneuropathy in Germany is two to three percent of the general population. In the group of over 55-year-olds, it is even eight percent. Symptoms of Polyneuropathy [...]

Main Focus A Dreaded Symptom Picture Polyneuropathy and the Possibilities of Naturopathy For those in a hurry Naturopathy can offer many starting points for polyneuropathy to alleviate symptoms, avoid side effects and increase well-being. In addition to input from Hildegard von Bingen, Dr. Schuessler and homeopathy, among others, you will also find mental considerations in this article. Polyneuropathy is a dreaded symptom picture that is usually the result of other diseases. At the same time, problematic accompanying symptoms can appear. Although polyneuropathy is not yet [...]

Immune training or risk Epigenetic Changes From mRNA Vaccines A new study shows that mRNA‑vaccinations leave profound traces in the immune system. But what does long-term immunity generated in this way mean for health? In their 2024 study, Prof. Jan Rybniker and his team showed that SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination triggers permanent epigenetic changes in immune cells – especially in macrophages. According to the study, it changes a certain protein in the cell nucleus – the so-called histone H3 at the K27 site – by means of a chemical marker [...]

Danger Especially With In-ear Headphones How harmful is Bluetooth? In addition to WLAN and the various mobile communications standards (LTE, 5G, 6G, etc.), Bluetooth in particular is used worldwide as a wireless standard. Class 2 Bluetooth, which is particularly common today, emits a transmission power of 2.5 milliwatts in the 2.4 gigahertz band and has a range of about 20 meters indoors. Class 3 industrial Bluetooth, on the other hand, emits 100 milliwatts with a range of about 100 m. This high value is also about 10 times weaker [...]

September 2025 My dear friends, colleagues and supporters, I simply cannot think of any greater news nor a more exciting announcement. After four years of research, recovery and transition, I am so very pleased to announce that the recently completed (well for now, anyway) OIRF.COM website has gone live! Welcome! My gratitude is unbounding for my tech support, Chad Jerrett of JR Direct IT & Marketing Services in Delta, BC Canada. Chad initially worked for OIRF as my assistant back in the mid-1990s prior to our move to the [...]

Health "Tinnitus Is Very Often Curable" Understanding the Background and Targeted Treatment An Interview with Dr. med. Michael Golenhofen, Prien am Chiemsee, by Angelika Fischer, Wolfratshausen Even at night or in quiet places it can be loud for tinnitus patients because the sounds come from within. About one-sixth of people in Western countries are affected by such a loss of silence. Many of them find no real help. The approach of the tinnitus specialist, ENT physician Michael Golenhofen, MD, is promising. [...]

With All Senses Tinnitus and Naturopathic Therapy Tinnitus can occur at any age. The adverse effects of tinnitus can be very different. Tinnitus is a symptom and can be caused by non-organic or organic causes. Suddenly occurring persistent ringing in the ears (whistling, hissing, roaring, ringing, buzzing) is referred to as acute tinnitus. If the ringing in the ears persists for more than 3 months, it is called chronic tinnitus. A distinction is made between subjective and objective tinnitus. Subjective tinnitus [...]

Sensory Organs The Many Faces of Tinnitus Inspiration from the Naturopathic Practice Hardly any other symptom is as feared and ambivalent as tinnitus. Those affected know what major restrictions on quality of life can be associated with this. Many of them have a veritable odyssey of examinations and treatment attempts of various procedures behind them in order to at least experience relief. Therapeutically, it should be said that there is no one method that is promising for tinnitus. Rather, it takes [...]

Summer Time and Optimism? June 2025 My dear friends, colleagues and supporters, The summer solstice approaches, and our daylight hours will soon begin to shorten. All that light seems to focus on what appears to be the unending upset and chaos throughout our world. As I prepare these articles for posting and publishing prior to my summer break, many world leaders are meeting in the midst of our beautiful Canadian Rocky Mountains to talk about war, trade disputes and political unrest. I must say my fascination with the news [...]